[article] Silicon Valley NIMBYs tried to declare their suburb a mountain lion habitat to avoid having to build new housing
[article] Silicon Valley NIMBYs tried to declare their suburb a mountain lion habitat to avoid having to build new housing
www.nytimes.com California Town Says Mountain Lions Don’t Stop Housing After All (Published 2022)
The Silicon Valley town of Woodside declared itself a mountain lion habitat, preventing new duplexes under a state law. Facing ridicule and the threat of legal action, officials backed down.
NIMBYism is a tool for the rich and privileged to maintain their wealth and status, and they will wield every tool in the book to block much-needed housing. When one imagines Silicon Valley, one might naïvely imagine a metropolis of futurism. What one finds instead is a sprawling den of NIMBYism completely at odds with affordability, density, and sustainability.
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